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[link removed] [[link removed]] John,

Back in December, CREW successfully disqualified Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado using the 14th Amendment. Shortly after, Maine disqualified Trump based on the same facts.

Martha Tierney and Mario Nicolais – two of the attorneys we’re working with to keep Donald Trump off the ballot – wrote an op-ed for The xxxxxx (a conservative outlet) sharing a brief glimpse into our argument for disqualifying Trump from the ballot.

Mario has represented primarily conservatives and Republicans over the past twenty years while Martha typically represents liberal organizations and Democrats. But this case brought them together. They agree that the 14th Amendment is clear – anyone who took an oath to the Constitution and later broke that oath by engaging in an insurrection against it is barred from elected office. Period.

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[link removed] [[link removed]]Donald Trump and his supporters may claim that this is “undemocratic” or that the court’s decision “undermines the will of people.” That couldn’t be further from the truth. As Martha and Mario said, “They are wrong. The courts are not disqualifying Trump—the Constitution is.”

They continue: “We cannot pick and choose which provisions of the Constitution to enforce. Down that path lies constitutional chaos: Once you start picking and choosing in that way, you put at risk our right to free speech, our protections against unconstitutional searches and seizures, the right to equal protection, and more.”

“In this case, Trump had his day in court, though he refused to testify and fought our efforts to subpoena him. He forfeited his opportunity to personally plead his case. And in the end, he lost. He must now pay the consequences.”

Martha and Mario are right. We can’t pick and choose what pieces of the Constitution to listen to or who to apply them to. That’s why we’re determined to hold Donald Trump accountable, and if you can afford a donation to support our work please click here to donate. [[link removed]]

John, we are not alone in making this case. Scholars, legal experts and respected columnists have weighed in, too:

“In 2020, Trump faced the voters, participated in a free and fair election, and refused to accept the outcome. He triggered arguably the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War. He sent a single message, loudly and clearly, to his opponents: He will not admit defeat. Victory is the only election outcome he recognizes. Given that history, why does anyone believe it will be safer to keep him on the ballot?”
– David French, Opinion Columnist for the New York Times

“Under a plain reading of Section 3 — and given the evidence uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee — Trump cannot stand for the presidency of the United States or any other federal office, for that matter.”
–Jamelle Bouie, Opinion Columnist for the New York Times

“Yes, Trump’s supporters will feel alienated if he is excluded from the ballot. On the other hand, millions of others and I will feel jolly alienated if the Court tells us that politics require he be allowed to run again and win. It’s far from clear to me why one alienation is more privileged than the other.”
– Garrett Epps, legal scholar, former law professor and legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly

“The court applied the plain language of the Constitution, doing its job with clarity and fidelity to the rule of law…If the purportedly conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court are intellectually honest about their jurisprudential approach to the law, this case should not be hard.”
– Kimberly Wehle, professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Opinion Contributor at The Atlantic and legal contributor for ABC News
Donald Trump incited insurrection after swearing an oath to protect the Constitution.

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